Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has appealed to the West Australian Premier to sign up to his Better Schools Plan, while dismissing Colin Barnett's concerns about the deal as "nonsense".

Mr Rudd met with Mr Barnett in Perth today to discuss the Federal Government's planned overhaul of school funding and the national disability insurance scheme.

Under the Better School plan, also known as the Gonski reforms, WA schools would receive an extra $920 million over six years, with $590 million of that coming from the Commonwealth.

Mr Barnett expressed concern it hands control of schools to Canberra, saying the legislation was rushed through Federal Parliament.

But Mr Rudd dismissed that as "nonsense".

"I would appeal to Premier Colin Barnett to hop on board with the rest of the country because we have no interest at all of running WA schools," Mr Rudd said.

"These things are always best done at the local level.

"What we simply have done with the other states is agree on a line of sight for the extra money we put into schools, so the school improvement plans can be developed and then measured over time so you get better education outcomes for each kid."

Mr Barnett also accused Mr Rudd of bullying the other states to sign-up to the plan.

"Every state is unhappy with it, some of the other states have simply given in," he said.

"Those states are really saying to Western Australia, stick to your guns because we actually believe what you're saying."

Mr Barnett says while he and Mr Rudd do not see eye to eye on the proposed model for education funding, progress is being made in the area of disability services.

"What I've put to the Prime Minister is we would like the My Way trial here to become part of the NDIS system and the distinguishing system of this is that it is a jointly-managed Commonwealth State arrangement," he said.

Mr Barnett says the Prime Minister is considering his proposal.

Talks with NT break down

There has been speculation a deal could be reached with Victoria by the end of Friday but that now looks unlikely.

Negotiations with the Northern Territory Government appear to have broken down, with Federal Education Minister Bill Shorten saying it was clear the NT was not prepared to meet its obligation to cover one-third of the funding boost.

The Government has reached agreements with New South Wales, the ACT, South Australia and Tasmania.

"We are not going to add to the uncertainty, we're not going to undo done deals at the start of next year," Mr Abbott said.

"We will continue to work constructively with the states to come up with arrangements which genuinely do improve our schools and which are affordable for the long term, but arrangements that have been put in place for the start of next year are not going to be disturbed by the Coalition," he said.

Mr Abbott has indicated the Gonski report will form the basis of the Coalition's plan but that it would not be limited to debates about funding and money.

"Our focus will also be on policies to help boost the performance of teachers in the classroom, while giving principals and schools the opportunity to have greater autonomy and more parental engagement," he said.